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BELLEVUE 

A  SHORT  HISTORY  OF  BELLEVUE 

HOSPITAL  AND   OF  THE 

TRAINING  SCHOOLS 


PUBLISHED   BY  THE 

ALUMNAE   ASSOCIATION   OF  BELLEVUE 

PENSION  FUND   COMMITTEE 

DECEMBER,  1915 


TOD  UflRARY 


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Copyright,  1915 

Alumnae  Association  of  Bellevue 

New  York  City 


American  Lithographic  Co.,  N.  Y. 


SDefcicatet) 

to  the  Memory  of 

MRS.  WILLIAM  PRESTON  GRIFFIN 

and 

MRS.  WILLIAM  HENRY  OSRORN 

In  grateful  appreciation  of  their  work 

in  establishing  our  Training  School. 


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New  Bellevue. 


AN  ODE  TO  BELLEVUE. 

By 
MARY  ST.  JOHN,  R.  N. 


If  your  walls  could  but  tell  the  story, 

Of  the  deeds  of  those  mighty  men, 
That  have  traver'st  the  boards  of  Rellevue's  wards, 

T'would  a  wonderful  story  pen. 

It  would  tell  of  their  work  and  the  efforts 
That  were  made  for  the  human  race; 

And  of  each  plan  that  they  made  to  save  man, 
By  striving  disease  to  efface. 

Then  again  it  would  tell  you  of  others — 

Of  that  band  of  women  who  came, 
And  who  saw  indeed  the  people's  great  need, 

For  through  them  sprang  Bellevue's  fame. 

How  they  spent  both  their  time  and  their  money, 

And  made  a  most  glorious  fight 
Until  there  now  stands  a  monument  grand — 

A  symbol  of  wisdom  and  light. 

Then  again  they  would  speak  of  the  nurses, 

Who  never  once  seemed  to  tire. 
But  would  work  with  their  might  both  day  and  night 

To  benefit  man,  their  desire. 

For  this  body  of  earnest,  hard  workers, 
With  their  heart  and  soul,  and  their  brain, 

Were  the  part  of  God's  plan  found  in  the  van 
Of  the  army,  that's  lived  not  in  vain. 

They  would  tell  how  your  doors  have  been  opened 

To  the  sick,  the  sore  and  the  sad, 
How  the  poor  and  forsaken  you've  always  taken, 

And  given  the  best  that  you've  had. 

How  you've  never  rebuked  nor  condemned  them 

Because  they  success  did  not  win, 
But  have  unbarred  your  gate  no  matter  how  late, 

And  always  have  welcomed  them  in. 

That  these  walls  so  soon  shall  be  silenced, 

Whose  stories  must  then  pass  away, 
Means  a  sorrow,  this  coming  to-morrow, 

For  the  ones  who  know  them  to-day. 

And  when  in  the  dust  you  have  been  leveled, 

Your  requiem  song  has  been  sung; 
In  Memory's  hall  will  be  found  on  the  wall, 

A  tablet  to  Bellevue  there  hung. 


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1816 

The  oldest  picture  of  Bellevue.     It  is  from  an  engraving,  taken  from  a  design  on  an  old  Stafford- 
shire platter.     The  engraving  is  in  the  Public  Library  of  New  York  City. 


Bellevue  Hospital 


Where  the  City  Hall  now  stands  was  erected,  in  1736,  the 
building  known  as  the  "Publick  Workhouse  and  House  of  Cor- 
rection of  the  City  of  New  York." 

Here,  in  a  room  twenty-five  by  twenty-three  feet,  on  the 
upper  floor  of  the  building,  we  find  the  first  trace  of  Bellevue 
Hospital. 

Dr.  John  Van  Buren  was  the  first  medical  officer,  with  a  salary 
of  £100  a  year,  out  of  which  he  supplied  his  own  medicines. 

This  house  was  occupied  until  1796,  when  a  new  one  was 
built,  directly  in  the  rear  of  the  old  building,  on  what  is  now  the 
north  side  of  Chambers  Street. 

In  1794  the  State  Government  represented  to- the  City  Govern- 
ment the  necessity  of  providing  some  place  of  isolation  for  per- 
sons afflicted  with  yellow  fever.  The  most  eligible  place  that 
presented  itself  was  a  plot,  about  five  acres  in  extent,  which  had 
once  been  a  part  of  Kips  Bay  Farm,  and  called  by  its  owner 
Belle  Vue. 


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1848. 


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Thus  the  history  of  the  first  hospital  to  bear  the  name  Belle 
Vue  is  to  all  intents  and  purposes  the  history  of  the  epidemics 
which  ravaged  the  city  for  eleven  years. 

Then  for  five  years  we  do  not  hear  of  the  place,  when  it 
appears  on  the  records  as  the  southern  boundary  of  the  plot  on 
which,  in  1811,  was  laid  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  almshouse 
and  hospital,  the  formal  opening  of  which  took  place  on  April 
28,  1816. 

In  1825  a  fever  hospital  was  erected,  the  first  and  second 
stories  containing  cells  where  the  pauper  insane  were  kept.  In 
this  year,  also,  the  reign  of  the  resident  physician  was  begun. 
Dr.  Isaac  Wood  filled  the  position  for  seven  years,  during  which 
he  placed  the  struggling  hospital  on  its  feet,  and  from  that  time 
on  it  has  been  known  as  the  Bellevue  Hospital.  But  twenty-two 
years  were  yet  to  elapse  before  it  should  take  possession  of  the 
building  which  it  occupies  to-day.  In  1848  the  almshouse,  with 
all  that  pertained  to  it,  was  removed  to  Blackwells  Island,  and 
the  hospital  was  transferred  to  the  building  vacated  by  the 
paupers. 

In  April,  1855,  a  wing  was  added  extending  along  the  28th 
Street  side  eastward,  and  the  following  year  saw  the  addition  of 
a  fourth  story  to  the  main  building,  and  a  large  amphitheatre,  so 
that  the  main  building  was  then  in  its  external  appearance  the 
same  as  it  is  to-day. 


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The  first  ambulance  service  in  the  world  was  established  by 
Bellevue  in  1869. 

In  1879  a  building,  called  Sturges  Pavilion,  was  erected  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Osborn. 

The  Marquand  Pavilion  was  given  in  1883. 

An  Alcoholic  Pavilion  was  built  by  the  city  in  1892. 

The  first  unit  of  the  New  Bellevue,  begun  in  1906,  and  con- 
taining the  Medical  Pavilion  A  and  B,  was  opened  in  the  fall  of 
1908. 

The  Pathological  Building  and  men's  dormitory  were  finished 
in  1911.    The  new  laundry  and  the  store-room  were  opened  in 


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September,  1912,  while  to  the  south  stands  the  latest  addition, 
Pavilion  I  and  K,  and  to  the  east,  facing  the  river,  Pavilion  L 
and  M. 

These  two  pavilions  contain  operating  rooms,  the  X-Ray 
department,  the  surgical  supply  rooms,  and  700  beds  for  surgical 
patients. 

On  the  ground  floor  of  Pavilion  I  is  an  amphitheatre  seating 
300  and  used  for  classes,  clinics  and  demonstrations. 

That  the  work  done  in  Bellevue  in  recent  years  has  been 
proportionate  to  the  growth  of  the  plant,  is  proved  by  the  follow- 
ing statistics: 


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In  1902  the  hospital  contained  900  beds,  which  had  been 
increased  to  1,334  in  1913.  Officers,  Visiting  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  House  Staff  and  other  employees  numbered  556  in 
1902,  and  1,108  in  1913.  23,780  patients  were  treated  in  1902  as 
compared  with  41,428  in  1913. 

In  Bellevue  the  first  School  for  Midwives  in  this  country  was 
founded  in  1911,  and  the  first  systematic  Hospital  Social  Service 
organized  in  1906. 

On  another  page  may  be  seen  the  completed  Bellevue  of  the 
future,  and  while  we  regret  the  passing  of  the  old,  we  cannot 
fail  to  rejoice  in  the  hope  and  promise  of  the  Bellevue  which 
is  to  be. 


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Front  of  the  Hospital, 
1915. 


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Main  Entrance. 

This  railing  formed  part  of  the  balcony  of  Federal  Hall  over 
which    General  Washington  delivered  his  first   inaugural  ad- 
dress, April  30,  1789. 


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Fountain  on  the  grounds  of  Bellevue  Hospital. 


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1892. 

Sturges  Pavilion,  now  Ward  40. 
Gift  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Henry  Osborn. 


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1893 

Marquand  Pavilion,  now  Ward  32 

The  Marquand  Pavilion  was  the  gift  of  Messrs.  F.  and  H.  Marquand,  in  memory  of 

their  brother,  Josiah  Penfield  Marquand. 


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Ward  B  5.  Christmas  Time. 


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Baby  Room  of  the  Maternity  Ward. 


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Episcopal  Chapel,  Christ  the  Consoler, 
was  given  by  Mrs.  R.  H.  L.  Townsend. 
It  was  dedicated  April  22,  1889,  by  the 
Rev.  Henry  Satterlee,  rector  of  Cal- 
varv  Church. 


"After  the  service  Mrs.  Townsend, 
assisted  by  friends,  planted  eigrht 
ivy  plants.  Each  was  expected  to 
be  his  or  her  vine,  and  in  per- 
forming: this  duty  they  were  not 
to  forgret  the  privileg-e  of  looking- 
inside  and  helping-  on  the  growth 
of  the  work  so  happily  begrun." 


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Altar  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Chapel, 

Given  by  Miss  Annie  Leary  in  memory 

of  her  brother. 


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Old  Ambulance. 


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New  Ambulance. 


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Barnum  &  Bailey  giving  a  complimentary  exhibition  for 
the  patients  of  Bellevue. 


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Ward  in  the  new  surgical  wing,  opened  November,  1915. 


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Calorimeter. 


Human  Heat 


A  machine  for  determining  exactly  how  much  food  any  per- 
son needs  in  order  to  keep  his  weight  stationary,  is  now  in  opera- 
tion at  Bellevue  Hospital,  in  New  York  City.  At  present  it  is 
applied  only  to  persons  who  are  ill,  especially  typhoid  fever 
patients;  but  its  further  application  to  the  struggles  of  healthy 
people  against  growing  fat,  is  probable.  With  the  facts  obtained 
from  this  machine,  doctors  can  provide  a  diet  for  patients  in  the 
hospital  that  will  keep  up  their  strength  all  through  an  illness, 
avoiding  the  two  dangers  of  overworking  the  organs  by  supply- 
ing too  much  food  or  of  weakening  the  organs  by  not  providing 
sufficient  nourishment. 

The  old  treatment  of  typhoid  was  to  supply  food  very  spar- 
ingly to  the  patient,  leaving  him  weak  and  emaciated  at  the  end 
of  the  fever.  Fatal  results  were  feared  if  the  patient  was  given 
much  nourishment.  The  most  modern  theory,  however,  is  that, 
with  extreme  care  and  expert  knowledge  in  the  selection  and 
administration  of  food,  it  is  safe  to  provide  enough  nourishment 
to  keep  up  the  patient's  weight  and  strength.    Scientific  knowl- 


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edge  of  foods,  combined  with  understanding  of  the  bodily  re- 
quirements, is  essential.  The  new  machine  gives  a  full  and  exact 
report  of  the  bodily  requirements  instead  of  the  rough  estimates 
that  have  prevailed.  It  is  called  respiration  calorimeter,  and  its 
duty  is  to  report  how  much  heat  is  manufactured  by  the  body  of 
a  patient.  Food  is  turned  into  heat  by  the  body,  and  it  is  already 
known  exactly  how  much  heat  will  be  manufactured  by  the  body 
out  of  an  ounce  of  any  common  article  of  food. 

Thus,  if  the  doctor  finds  out  how  much  heat  is  being  manu- 
factured by  the  body  of  a  typhoid  fever  patient,  he  can  easily 
figure  out  how  much  food — to  the  fraction  of  an  ounce — must 
be  supplied  to  keep  up  that  heat  production  without  drawing  on 
the  reserve  forces  of  the  patient  and  causing  a  gradual  weaken- 
ing. The  digestive  organs  may  be  expected  to  handle  the  proper 
amount  of  food  readity — provided,  of  course,  the  right  kind  of 
food  is  selected  as  well  as  the  right  quantity.  Any  extra  food 
would  overtax  the  digestive  organs. 

The  respiration  calorimeter  consists  of  a  big  box,  in  which 
the  patient  is  placed  for  two  or  three  hours,  with  a  set  of  instru- 
ments that  will  record  every  vestige  of  heat  produced  inside  the 
box.  Arrangements  are  made  to  keep  it  at  an  even  and  comfort- 
able temperature  and  to  supply  good  ventilation.  The  record 
will  show  a  heat  production  at  the  rate  of  a  certain  number  of 
calories  a  day,  weight  and  size  making  much  difference  between 
normal  individuals. 


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Old  Training  School. 


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Training  School 


On  January  26,  1872,  a  number  of  ladies  met  at  the  home  of 
Miss  Louisa  Lee  Schuyler  to  organize  a  committee  to  visit  the 
public  hospitals  of  the  City  and  County  of  New  York,  and  report 
upon  their  condition  to  the  State  Board  of  Charities. 

For  many  months  sixty  of  the  most  intelligent  women  to  be 
found  in  the  city  daily  passed  hours  in  the  wards  of  Bellevue, 
carefully  considering  its  conditions  and  consulting  the  highest 
hospital  authorities. 

As  a  result  of  their  report  it  was  decided  that  no  permanent 
reform  could  be  effected  under  the  actual  system  of  nursing 
then  existing. 

The  women  then  employed  were  brought  from  Blackwell's 
Island,  where  they  had  been  sent  as  vagrants,  or  paupers,  or 
prisoners,  and  many  could  neither  read  or  write. 

Later  in  the  year  a  sub-committee  was  organized  to  propose 
a  plan  for  a  training  school  for  nurses. 


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Mr.  William  H.  Osborn  was  chairman  of  this  committee,  and 
Mrs.  William  Preston  Griffin  was  one  of  its  members. 

The  first  step^to  be  taken  was  to  learn  what  a  training  school 
was,  and  as  it  was  considered  important  that  the  information 
should  be  obtained  at  headquarters,  Dr.  W.  Gill  Wylie,  then  a 
house  surgeon  at  Bellevue,  offered  to  go  to  Europe  at  his  own 
expense  and  bring  back  a  report. 

Dr.  Wylie  was  one  of  the  first  men  in  his  profession  to  assist 
in  this  work,  while  many,  who  realized  that  a  reform  in  hospital 
service  was  necessary,  argued  that  a  pauper  hospital  was  no 
place  for  a  refined  and  intelligent  woman. 

One  distinguished  surgeon  said,  "I  do  not  believe  in  the  suc- 
cess of  a  training  school  for  nurses  at  Bellevue  Hospital.  The 
patients,  as  a  general  thing,  are  such  a  difficult  class  to  deal  with, 
and  the  service  is  so  hard  that  the  conscientious,  intelligent 
woman  you  are  looking  for  will  lose  heart  and  hope  long  before 
the  two  years  are  over." 

Four  members  of  the  Medical  Board  to  whom  the  committee 
owed  a  debt  of  gratitude  were  Dr.  James  R.  Wood,  Dr.  Austin 
Flint,  Dr.  Stephen  Smith,  and  Dr.  James  M.  Markoe. 

Dr.  Wylie  returned  from  Europe  in  the  autumn  of  1872, 
bringing  an  interesting  report  of  the  Schools  in  England,  France 


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and  Germany,  and,  above  all,  a  letter  of  encouragement  and 
advice  from  Florence  Nightingale. 

From  the  information  obtained  by  Dr.  Wylie,  and  from  other 
sources,  a  paper  was  prepared  stating  the  object  of  the  work  pro- 
posed and  appealing  to  the  public  of  New  York  for  funds  to 


New  Training  School. 


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Library  of  the  Training  School. 

establish  the  School.    The  project  was  received  with  enthusiasm, 
and  in  six  weeks  $22,385.00  were  contributed. 

From  the  Commissioners  of  the  Board  of  Charities  a  reluct- 
ant consent  was  obtained  to  nurse  five  wards  at  Bellevue,  the 
committee  defraying  all  expense  beyond  what  was  paid  under 
the  old  system.  In  March,  1873,  a  house  was  hired  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  hospital,  as  a  home  for  the  nurses,  and  a  circular  was 
issued  inviting  pupils  to  apply.  At  the  end  of  several  weeks  six 
pupils  were  obtained,  and  Sister  Helen,  of  The  All  Saints  Sister- 
hood in  London,  became  Superintendent.  At  the  end  of  the  first 
year  the  house  staff  ventured  to  point  out  to  their  superiors  the 


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improved  condition  of  the  nursing  service,  and  gradually  these 
gentlemen  became  convinced  that  their  patients  recovered  sooner 
and  that  the  deaths  after  operations  were  less  freqeunt  than 
formerly. 

During  the  second  year  the  work  was  extended  to  other 
wards,  the  applications  from  would-be  pupils  increased,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  second  year  the  first  class  graduated. 

In  May,  1876,  Sister  Helen  returned  to  England,  and  Miss 
Eliza  Perkins,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  was  placed  in  charge. 

Of  Miss  Perkins  it  has  been  said,  "She  studied  the  character 
and  abilities  of  her  pupils,  knew  the  position  each  woman  was 
adapted  to  fill,  and,  as  class  after  class  graduated,  she  sent  them 
far  and  wide  over  the  country  to  carry  the  results  of  their  educa- 
tion into  hospitals  and  homes." 

In  1888  Miss  Perkins  resigned  and  her  place  was  filled  by  her 
assistant,  Miss  Agnes  S.  Brennan,  under  whose  admirable  fidelity 
and  trained  intelligence  the  School  continued  to  develop.  Dur- 
ing Miss  Brennan's  term  of  office  Miss  Carrie  J.  Brink  was 
appointed  Assistant  Superintendent,  and  since  that  time  has  been 
closely  associated  with  the  work  of  the  School.  Miss  Brink  is  at 
present  Superintendent  of  Nurses. 

Miss  Brennan,  after  fourteen  years'  continuous  service  as 
Superintendent,  resigned  in  May,  1902,  and  Miss  Jane  A.  Delano 


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succeeded  her.  Four  years  later  Miss  Delano,  for  personal 
reasons,  presented  her  resignation,  which  was  accepted  most 
reluctantly  by  tjie  Trustees  of  the  Hospital  and  the  Managers  of 
the  School.  In  Feburary,  1907,  Miss  Annie  Goodrich,  a  graduate 
of  the  New  York  Hospital,  and  a  woman  of  large  experience  in 
executive  work  was  chosen  General  Superintendent  of  Training 
Schools,  the  nursing  in  Fordham  and  Harlem  Hospitals,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  Bellevue  service,  being  under  her  supervision. 

In  1910  Miss  Goodrich  was  appointed  State  Inspector  of 
Training  Schools,  and  Miss  Clara  D.  Noyes  was  called  from  St. 
Luke's,  New  Bedford,  to  succeed  her.  Miss  Noyes  is  a  Johns 
Hopkins  graduate,  and  having  had  part  of  her  training  under 
our  Mrs.  Robb,  was  welcomed  as  a  member  of  the  Bellevue 
family,  and  for  five  years  has  labored  unceasingly  for  the  welfare 
of  our  School. 

At  present  the  staff  of  workers  consists  of  133  graduate 
nurses,  111  student  nurses,  and  37  affiliating  nurses. 


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Demonstration  Room  at  Training  School. 


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On  Christmas  Day,  1887,  Mr.  D.  0.  Mills  presented  to  the 
Department  of  Public  Charities  and  Correction  a  sum  of  money 
to  erect  and  establish  a  school  for  the  training  of  male  nurses. 

The  Commissioners  set  aside  a  plot  in  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  Bellevue  grounds,  and  by  December,  1888,  the  building 
was  completed.  Five  male  wards  were  assigned  to  the  care  of 
these  pupils,  and  until  the  first  class  was  graduated,  one  of  the 
women  nurses  had  charge  of  each  ward. 

Men  of  character  and  ability  engaged  in  this  work,  and  the 
experiment  was  so  successful  that  gradually  the  entire  male  side 
of  the  hospital  was  under  their  care.  The  last  class  graduated  in 
1911,  and  altogether  438  men  held  diplomas  entitling  them  to 
practice  nursing  under  the  rules  of  the  State  Board  of  Regents. 
A  considerable  number  chose  this  training  as  preliminary  to  the 
study  of  medicine,  and  are  now  physicians. 

The  majority,  however,  are  members  of  their  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation, which  is  located  in  New  York  and  supplies  the  constant 
demand  for  male  nurses. 

A  School  for  Male  Attendants  has  now  completed  its  third 
year,  and  these  young  men  have  become  a  valuable  supplement 
to  the  nursing  staff. 

A  number  of  the  graduates  are  employed  at  Bellevue,  several 
have  entered  a  Training  School  to  qualify  as  nurses,  and  others 
are  employed  in  private  work. 


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Osborn  Hail. 


Osborn  Hall 


In  1878  a  house  located  at  426  East  26th  Street  was  pur- 
chased by  Mrs.  William  Henry  Osborn,  and  leased  to  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Bellevue  Training  School  for  Nurses.  This 
was  known  as  the  Nurses'  Home,  and  for  more  than  thirty  years 
continued  to  be  a  place  of  residence  for  the  pupils  of  the  School. 

On  May  24,  1909,  the  new  building  provided  by  the  city 
was  occupied  by  the  pupils,  and  the  work  of  remodelling  426  was 
begun.  An  adjoining  lot  was  purchased  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Church  Osborn,  and  on  this  was  erected  a  building  six  stories 
in  height,  perfect  in  every  detail  of  finish  and  equipment,  and, 
together  with  the  original  building,  appropriately  furnished  as  a 
club  house  for  the  graduate  nurses. 

A  restaurant  seating  nearly  one  hundred  is  patronized  by  the 
many  workers  in  this  vicinity,  and  guests  of  the  house. 

The  Assembly  Room  is  well  adapted  for  our  meetings,  con- 
certs— and  a  stage  can  be  easily  erected  for  the  little  plays  and 
minstrel  shows  given  each  winter, 

A  well  equipped  laundry  is  much  appreciated  by  all. 


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Reception  Room  of  Osborn  Hall. 

The  Registry  is  located  here,  and  is  thus  made  accessible  to 
doctors  visiting  the  hospital,  as  well  as  for  the  nurses. 

This  completed  structure  designed  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
Church  Osborn  as  a  memorial  to  Mrs.  William  Henry  Osborn, 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Bellevue  Alumnae  Association  in 
April,  1911.  Two  years  later  a  wing  was  added,  making  the 
capacity  180  guests,  consisting  not  only  of  nurses,  but  other 
self-supporting  women. 

With  one  voice  all  can  say  that  the  wish  to  make  Osborn  Hall 
a  home  for  the  graduates  has  been  more  than  realized. 


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